Felger: So hereโs what hereโs my developing opinion, itโs really Iโm starting to consider it, and I never thought I would, and itโs beneath me, frankly.
Mazz: โDeveloping considerationโ.
Felger: A developing considerationโฆis keeping the platoon going in the playoffs. You know, every year we would get that call. Every year. Tuukka Rask and Jaroslav Halak had a couple of good years when he was the backup, remember? And there was a couple of years where there was like, now Iโm forgetting who the backups were.
Mazz: Khudobin.
Felger: Khudobin was another one. Yes, there were a couple of years where Rask and Anton Khudobin, Rask and Halak, and there might even have been another one in there somewhere, where they were both pretty good. And it had gotten to a point where we had this track record on Tuukka Rask where we didnโt trust him, he would wear down with too much work and so, โhey, why not just platoon him in the playoffs like you platoon them in the regular season?โ, and every time a caller would suggest that we jump down their throats because you donโt do that in the postseason, you dummy, thatโs not how itโs done. In the postseason you donโt platoon goalies, you bench them. So I donโt know why Iโm considering it now, like Iโm kind of considering it. And now itโs occurred to me why Iโm considering it.
Mazz: I know why youโre considering itโฆ
Felger: I donโt fully trust Ullmark. And Swayman, I thought, had a bad night at home against Edmonton a couple of weeks ago. I didnโt like that game.
Mazz: He wasnโt good in that game.
Felger: But other than that, heโs been really good. And itโs like I just, you know, the Stanley Cup playoffs, itโs two months and four seven game series, every other night, whatever else is going on, you got to block it out, grind it out, just be singularly focused and mentally tough and physically tough and some sort of animal to do the thing. Which is what Tim Thomas was, which is what Tuukka Rask was not, sorry everybody he just wasnโt. And so you sort of need that thing and I donโt know. And Linus Ullmark was the goalie last year. He got benched and they finished with Swayman and it wasnโt much of a difference, but I donโt know, I guess Iโm a little concerned about Linus Ullmark.
